prof. RNDr. Radek Zbořil, Ph.D.

Member of the Science Board, Chemistry

Since 2010, General Director of the Regional Center for Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacky University in Olomouc. Since 2012, Director of the Center for Environmentally Sensitive Nanotechnologies and Biotechnologies for Cleaning Water and Soil. In 2011, he received the Ministry of Education Award for outstanding results in research, development and innovations.

Since 2010, General Director of the Regional Center for Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacky University in Olomouc. Since 2012, Director of the Center for Environmentally Sensitive Nanotechnologies and Biotechnologies for Cleaning Water and Soil. In 2011, he received the Ministry of Education Award for outstanding results in research, development and innovations.

The focus of his research lies mainly in material chemistry and nanotechnology, especially in the development of materials based on carbon, iron and silver for environmental, medical and industrial application. Co-investigator of a number of international research projects, co-author of over 200 papers and several patented technologies, several of which have been successfully commercialized (e.g., technology for large-volume production and stabilization of nanoiron for underground water remediation).

Best advice: "If you find a path with no obstacles, it usually leads nowhere." Arthur C. Clarke

Prof. RNDr. Radek Zbořil, Ph.D.

"Science is important because it fulfills mankind's perpetual hunger for knowledge. There are often scores of answers to a single question and a single answer may generate scores of questions. Science doesn't allow us to get stuck in place, which makes it similar to art and very different from politics. History teaches us that every society that supports and recognizes science usually reaps benefits - in terms of progress, education, competitiveness and culture of thought."